Today our wanderlust lead Don and I to visit with the 12,500 animals residing at Long Beach's Aquarium of the Pacific located at the mouth of the Los Angeles River.
Lionfish (aka Turkey Fish, Scorpion Fish and Dragon Fish) have venomous spines that cause severe pain, headaches and vomiting to humans, and death to their prey.
The
maxima clam (aka the small giant clam) is a species of clam (a bivalve
mollusc) found throughout the
Indo-Pacific.
According to
Wikipedia, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach and the Melbourne Aquarium in Australia are the only facilities in the world to have successfully bred
weedy sea dragons (aka common sea dragons) in captivity.
"The
leafy sea dragon propels itself by means of a pectoral fin on the ridge of its neck and a dorsal fin on its back closer to the tail end. These small fins are almost completely transparent and difficult to see as they undulate minutely to move the creature sedately through the water, completing the illusion of floating seaweed." ____
Wikipedia
Lionfish (aka Turkey Fish, Scorpion Fish and Dragon Fish) have venomous spines that cause severe pain, headaches and vomiting to humans, and death to their prey.
The maxima clam (aka the small giant clam) is a species of clam (a bivalve mollusc) found throughout the Indo-Pacific.
According to Wikipedia, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach and the Melbourne Aquarium in Australia are the only facilities in the world to have successfully bred weedy sea dragons (aka common sea dragons) in captivity.
"The leafy sea dragon propels itself by means of a pectoral fin on the ridge of its neck and a dorsal fin on its back closer to the tail end. These small fins are almost completely transparent and difficult to see as they undulate minutely to move the creature sedately through the water, completing the illusion of floating seaweed." ____Wikipedia
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